School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index was 1.01 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde, 1987–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 1.01 GPI for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in 2018.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde peaked at 1.05 GPI in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.9598 GPI, in 1987.
That places Cape Verde 68th out of 193 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 0.9598 GPI | — |
| 1988 | 0.9808 GPI | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9865 GPI | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.9863 GPI | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.9691 GPI | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 1.01 GPI | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.01 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.01 GPI | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1.02 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1.05 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.05 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.01 GPI | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 1.04 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 1.04 GPI | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.03 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.03 GPI | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.03 GPI | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1.02 GPI | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPI | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.01 GPI | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPI | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9757 GPI | 0.9598 GPI | 0.9865 GPI | 3 |
| 1990s | 0.9777 GPI | 0.9691 GPI | 0.9863 GPI | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.02 GPI | 1 GPI | 1.05 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.02 GPI | 1.01 GPI | 1.04 GPI | 9 |
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- 65 Slovenia 1.01 GPI compare
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More education data for Cape Verde
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 3,031 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index in Cape Verde was 1.01 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 2007.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9598 GPI in 1987.
- How does Cape Verde rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index?
- Cape Verde ranks 68th out of 193 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.